2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Hard Rock Tampa

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Hard Rock Tampa

Final Results
Winner
Isaac Kempton
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
$290,974
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Entries
1,162
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
25
Players Left
1

Three Way All in Leaves O'Neal With Crumbs

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

There was a three-way all in in progress as John Ott had the chance to slay two players in one hand as Cameron Marshall had the shortest of the three stacks with only 280,000.

Cameron Marshall {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
John O'Neal {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}
John Ott {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Spades}{4-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and Marshall scored a triple up while O'Neal was left with less than one big blind.

Player Chips Progress
John Ott us
John Ott
1,880,000
-170,000
-170,000
Cameron Marshall us
Cameron Marshall
740,000
-70,000
-70,000
John O'Neal us
John O'Neal
45,000
-260,000
-260,000

Tags: Cameron MarshallJohn O'NealJohn Ott

Christopher Hyden Eliminated in 21st Place ($13,374)

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Christopher Hyden was all in preflop for his remaining 450,000. David Jackson had the chance to knock him out.

Hyden had the {10-}{10-} while Jackson had the {a-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}.

The flop hit Jackson as it came {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{8-Spades} the turn was the {2-Spades} and the river came the {5-Clubs} to send Hyden on his way.

Player Chips Progress
David Jackson us
David Jackson
3,500,000
1,525,000
1,525,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chrustipher Hyden
Chrustipher Hyden
Busted

Tags: Christopher HydenDavid Jackson

Mike Shin Eliminate in 22nd Place ($11,161)

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Mike Shin
Mike Shin

Mike Shin moved his short stack into the middle preflop. David Jackson and John Ott both called.

The flop came {4-Spades}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs}. Ott bet 175,000 and Jackson quickly folded.

Shin was at risk holding the {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} while Ott had the {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}. The turn was the {a-Hearts} and the river came the {9-Clubs} to send Shin away in 22nd place.

Player Chips Progress
John Ott us
John Ott
2,050,000
450,000
450,000
Mike Shin us
Mike Shin
Busted

Tags: David JacksonJohn OttMike Shin

Patsourakis Continues Day 3 Heater

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

James O'Neal opened, Ioannis Patsourakis three-bet and O'Neal moved all in. Patsourakis called for his 1,255,000 stack and the two tabled their hands in what was a classic flip.

Ioannis Patsourakis: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
John O'Neal: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The flop came down {9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and O'Neal's ladies were still ahead. A {k-Hearts} landed on the turn and Patsourakis took a commanding lead with his pair of cowboys. The {4-Clubs} river changed nothing and Patsourakis took down another double.

Player Chips Progress
Ioannis Patsourakis us
Ioannis Patsourakis
2,600,000
1,350,000
1,350,000
John O'Neal us
John O'Neal
305,000
-1,205,000
-1,205,000

Tags: Ioannis PatsourakisJohn O'Neal

Patsourakis Leaves Shin with Crumbs

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Mike Shin open-shoved and Ioannis Patsourakis called for around 600,000. Shin and Patsourakis tabled their hands and Patsourakis was at risk.

Ioannis Patsourakis: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}
Mike Shin: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

The board ranout {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{6-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Patsourakis took down the pot with his pair of aces, leaving Shin short.

Player Chips Progress
Ioannis Patsourakis us
Ioannis Patsourakis
1,250,000
-320,000
-320,000
Mike Shin us
Mike Shin
50,000
-680,000
-680,000

Tags: Ioannis PatsourakisMike Shin

Balzano Continues Surge

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Immediately after scoring the huge pot off of Patrick Serda, Paul Balzano was collecting another nice pot off of David Berman.

The board showed {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}. Balzano's winning hand of {k-Clubs}{7-Clubs} was showing and Berman was cutting out the chips he owned to Balzano, about 600,000 in total.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Balzano us
Paul Balzano
4,550,000
600,000
600,000
David Berman us
David Berman
1,350,000
-200,000
-200,000

Tags: David BermanPatrick SerdaPaulPaul Balzano

Balzano Wounds Serda in Blind on Blind Battle

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Shortly after Patrick Serda had given a double up to Thomas Boyden he was in a blind on blind confrontation with Paul Balzano.

From the small blind Balzano raised it up, Serda jammed all in from the big blind and was snap called by Balzano.

Balzano had the hammer with the {k-Spades}{k-Hearts} crushing the {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades} of Serda.

The board ran out {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{5-Spades}{4-Hearts} and Balzano scored a huge pot, one of the largest of the tournament thus far and sent Serda amongst the short stacks.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Balzano us
Paul Balzano
3,950,000
2,070,000
2,070,000
Thomas Boyden us
Thomas Boyden
1,310,000
385,000
385,000
Patrick Serda ca
Patrick Serda
450,000
-2,150,000
-2,150,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Patrick SerdaPaul BalzanoThomas Boyden

Easy Come Easy Go For Jackson and Ott

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

There was already a substantial pot in the middle on a board reading {9-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{10-Spades}. David Jackson made a big bet of 590,000 over to John Ott who called after a few seconds.

It was a big cooler as Jackson had the {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for the full boat while Ott had the {q-Spades}{j-Clubs} broadway straight to score the big pot.

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A couple of hands later The flop came {6-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}. Ott ended up all in vs Jackson and this time it was Ott who had the benefit of the cards as he had the {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs} against the {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} of Jackson. The turn was the {3-Spades} and the river the {4-Spades} and Ott collected back his chips he had lost to Jackson.

Player Chips Progress
David Jackson us
David Jackson
1,975,000
390,000
390,000
WSOP 1X Winner
John Ott us
John Ott
1,600,000
355,000
355,000

Tags: David JacksonJohn Ott

Level: 27

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Nathan Russler Eliminated in 23rd Place ($11,161)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Nathan Russler
Nathan Russler

Brian Ray opened to 80,000 from the hijack and James Calderaro three-bet to 230,000 in the cutoff. Nathan Russler four-bet to 980,000, leaving just 10,000 behind and Ray instantly folded to Calderaro who called.

The dealer fanned out {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} on the flop and Calderaro put Russler all-in, he obliged and the two tabled their hands.

Nathan Russler: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
James Calderaro: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The {10-Clubs} fell on the turn, giving Russler some jack outs to hit broadway but the {9-Diamonds} river sealed the deal for Calderaro who scooped, shipping Russler out the door.

Player Chips Progress
James Calderaro us
James Calderaro
2,800,000
1,550,000
1,550,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Nathan Russler us
Nathan Russler
Busted

Tags: Brian RayJames CalderaroNathan Russler